2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Nalchik

Results R1:

Round 1 on 2011/10/09 at 15:00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2467	½ - ½	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	12
2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	½ - ½	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2498	11
3	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	0 - 1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469	10
4	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	1 - 0	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	9
5	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2560	0 - 1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	8
6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	½ - ½	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	7

Standings R1:

Rank after round 1
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Res.
1	4	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	CHN	1	0
	8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	CHN	1	0
	10	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469	RUS	1	0
4	1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2467	MGL	½	½
	2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	UKR	½	½
	6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	BUL	½	½
	7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	RUS	½	½
	11	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2498	RUS	½	½
	12	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	RUS	½	½
10	3	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	QAT	0	0
	5	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2560	RUS	0	0
	9	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	LTU	0	0

Kosteniuk takes revenge on Zhu Chen

Sunday, 09 October 2011

On Sunday, October 9, in Spa-hotel “Sindika” the games of the first round of chess Grand-prix FIDE took place. The symbolic initial move in the game of Zhu Chen from Qatar and Alexandra Kosteniuk from Russia was made by the minister of sport, tourism and resorts of KBR Aslan Afaunov. It’s interesting that these two players played the final match of the Women’s world chess championship about ten years ago, in winter 2001, and since then they haven’t met at the board. That time Kosteniuk lost and her opponent became the champion of the world. This time Alexandra won the game. On the press-conference she said that this game was very symbolic for her and that she was glad about the victory which also turned out to be the first for the former world champion on Grand prix stages. The first game day was lucky for the sportswomen from China. Zhao Xue with white defeated Viktorija Cmilyte from Lithuania, Ju Wenjun with black defeated N.Kosintseva from Russia. Three games resulted in a draw.

GO ALEXANDRA!  YOU GO GIRL!